MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	112% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (97%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '17 at 14:39
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	97%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 108 2-Core 213 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 419 54% 406 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 121 Parallax 103 97% 114 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 106 Splatting 102 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2435 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 653 (B1) Unknown 98 98 34 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 59 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 29 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6941088822	112% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 411 Mixed 416 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 90.1 4K Mixed 43.1 173% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 117 142% 250 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 115%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 741GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 4325 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1061 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2432 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 632 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3647 (C2) HDA temperature 118 113 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	67.6% Good	Read 128 Write 108 Mixed 131 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.19 82% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 86%
JetFlash Transcend 8GB 9,769 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 4GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 58.4 38% 58.4 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	63.1% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 19.9 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 19.9 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	228x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	204x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	88x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	141x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	58x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	58x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	46x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	26x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	41x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	39x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	35x

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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16